Difference between revisions of "Poincare group"

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<br> <math>T_x : (x, y, z, ct) = (x + /epsilon, y, z, ct)</math>
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<br> <math>T_x : (x, y, z, ct) = (x + /epsilon , y, z, ct)</math>
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<br> <math>T_y : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y + /epsilon, z, ct)</math>
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<br> <math>T_y : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y + /epsilon , z, ct)</math>
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<br> <math>T_z : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z + /epsilon, ct)</math>
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<br> <math>T_z : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z + /epsilon , ct)</math>
 
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<br> <math>T_t : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z, ct + /epsilon)</math>
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<br> <math>T_t : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z, ct + /epsilon )</math>
 
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Revision as of 21:17, May 27, 2009

The Poincaré Group is 10 mathematical transformations that can be applied to different coordinates of the space-time graph (x, y, z, ct), but does not affect the "spacetime interval". The "spacetime interval" is roughly the 4-D equivalent of 3-D "distance".

These transformations are:

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Time Translations:


Spatial Rotations:




Lorentzian Transformations: